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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Forwarded mail : China the 'success story'

China - the success story


US President Obama visited China last week, primarily to find out what exactly & how exactly China is doing things that makes it such a success story, surpassing all the so-called "expert economic planners" of the US & Europe. His team found these 5 basic lessons behind
China 's success - it applies equally to our country :

LESSON No 1 - BE AMBITIOUS

The Chinese believe in Setting Goals, Making Plans, & Focusing on Moving Ahead - there is always the sense of foward motion.

As an example, a huge 6-lane highway in Shanghai took only 2 years from planning to ready for traffic. In the US, 2 years will only get you the environment and local authority permit if you are lucky - in Malaysia in 2 years, they will still be calculating how to inflate the costs, and to whose abang-adik company to award the project.

LESSON No 2 - EDUCATION MATTERS

The Chinese are obsessed with ensuring kids get the right education - English, Maths & Science. They made sure that ther education system reached even the most remote rural areas - today the literacy rate in China is OVER 90%, surpassing even the USA 's 86%. According to American Educationists, the Chinese kids are way ahead of the kids in the USA .
Meanwhile in Malaysia, our Moo-Moo politicians are determined to retract our education system into the stone age.

LESSON No 3 - LOOK AFTER THE ELDERLY
The Chinese DO NOT send their elderly to nursing care centres - they personally look after & care for their parents. In the US, nursing care of the elderly is now costing each resident USD 85,000 annually, & this is rising. The Chinese also believe that the grandparents at home make the best tutors for their children. It also provides a sense of cultural continuity - this helps bind society.
Here its a growing trend to have children brought up by maids, of the lowest educational & moral quality - so our children (the future leaders) grow up with similar language & outlook capability.

LESSON No 4 - SAVE MORE

In the USA , savings dropped to zero in 2005, and is only now slowly rising to 4%. In China , the savings rate for every household has exceeded 20%. The Chinese believe that fugality & a healthy savings rate are a sure indicator of a country's financial health. High savings lead to increased investments - results in increased productivity, innovation & job growth.
In the West, & aped by our Malaysians, the status symbol is to spend more than you earn, with as many credit cards as possible.In the end, the whole country gets into debt.

LESSON No 5 - LOOK OVER THE HORIZON

In China , eveyone is foward looking - never backwards. New graduates make a vow - never ever will their children & grandchildren ever work in the fields again. With this kind of foward mentality, people are always thinking & planning how, not just to succeed, BUT how to be the best in the world in everything they do.
In Malaysia , we are still, after 24 years, trying to get the window switches of the Proton to work properly, and our Muslim Fundamentalists want us to adopt medieval syariah laws.

Sydney Harbour Bridge photo is used at http://www.schmap.com

Just received an email that my travel photo is being used in 1 of the online map website for their 2010 edition. It's no biggie but certainly feel good about it.
http://www.schmap.com


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You've been sent a Flickr Mail from Emma J. Williams:

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:: Schmap: Sydney Photo Short-list

Hi Anthony,

I am writing to let you know that one of your photos has
been short-listed for inclusion in the tenth edition of our
Schmap Sydney Guide, to be published late January 2010.

http://www.schmap.com/shortlistXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(censored)

Clicking this link will take you to a page where you can:
i) See which of your photos has been short-listed.
ii) Submit or withdraw your photo from our final selection
phase.
iii) Learn how we credit photos in our Schmap Guides.
iv) Browse online or download the ninth edition of our
Schmap Sydney Guide.

While we offer no payment for publication, many
photographers are pleased to submit their photos, as Schmap
Guides give their work recognition and wide exposure, and
are free of charge to readers. Photos are published at a
maximum width of 150 pixels, are clearly attributed, and
link to high-resolution originals at Flickr.

Our submission deadline is Friday, January 8. If you happen
to be reading this message after this date, please still
click on the link above (our Schmap Guides are updated
frequently - photos submitted after this deadline will be
considered for later releases).

Best regards,

Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides

Thursday, December 24, 2009

The Boleh land , can do spirit is going up another level

Read this article here

It seems according to that Article the jet engines were said to be going to Iran. Previously another case with a subsidiary of Scomi

"The Khan-led network was exposed when centrifuge components produced by a subsidiary of the Scomi Group — a large engineering concern controlled by Kamaluddin Abdullah, the son of former premier Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and prominent businessman Shah Hakim alias Shahzanim Zain — were intercepted by European intelligence officials in a ship bound for Libya."

Wow it seems the can do spirit is not only can ignore Petroleum Act , Hatyai Peace agreement, C4 bombings, throw your politic opposition out of the window, feed all your cronies with 20million ish mansion either high rank police or mentri besar, and so on and on.

Memang boleh ni, gorek gorek gorek till kosong and boleh land is relying more and more on petrol tax .Only matter of time we are on par with Zimbabwe.


The story about the high rank police officer is here

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Think you know http already?

I wasnt impress with Google Chrome OS but this 'protocol 'I am impressed.

Google is attempting to replace http with spdy protocol, it means a new 'talk channel' for your internet browser which handles multiple data type at the same time.

In a more simple description..it means google is trying to create a new talk channel for internet browser to speed up our web surfing.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I am a registered voter , are you one yet?

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=213892134737

this is one mail you should forward, not that poor child waiting for donation from Microsoft for every email forwarded.

This message you forward , if it becomes fruitful, it is 1 precious vote to bring a change in Malaysia.

We always ask why, why no more subsidy, why inflation, why crime rate, why toll why this why that, but we never bothered to vote, never bothered to give opposition a chance.

For me I believe in 2 party system that has worked well in several developed countries.

For absolute power corrupts.

Time to bring a change, if you it, it starts with you ("If you want a change it starts with you" Michael Jackson.)

一张纸

一张纸




出生一张纸,开始一辈子;

毕业一张纸,奋斗一辈子;

婚姻一张纸,折磨一辈子;

做官一张纸, 斗争一辈子;

钱一张纸,辛苦一辈子;

荣誉一张纸,虚名一辈子;

看病一张纸,痛苦一辈子;

词一张纸,了结一辈子;

淡化这些纸,明白一辈子;

忘了这些纸,快乐一辈子!




再忙,也要照顾好自己,

朋友虽不常联系,却一直惦念。

天凉时记着多穿衣!

世界好友周快乐!

少喝奶茶、不吃刚烤好的面包,

远离正在充电的电源。

白天多喝水,晚上少喝茶,

一天不喝多于两杯的咖啡。

少吃油多的食物,

最佳睡眠为晚上十点至早上六点。

晚上五点后少吃大餐,

每天喝酒不超过一杯。

不用冷水服胶囊,

睡前半小时服药忌立刻躺下。

睡眠不足八小时人会变笨,

有午睡习惯的人不易老。

手机电池剩一时不要打电话,

剩一格时辐射是平时的一千倍。

要用左耳接电话,

用右耳会直接伤害到大脑。

一个中心:一切以健康为中心。

2009新概念

两个基本点:遇事潇洒一点,看世糊涂一点。

三个忘记:

记年龄,

记过去,

记恩怨。

四个拥有:

论你有多弱或多强,一定要

拥有真正爱你的人,

拥有知心的朋友,

拥有向上的事业,

拥有温暖的住所。

五个要:

要唱,

要跳,

要俏,

要笑,

要苗条。

六个不能:

不能饿了才吃,

不能渴了才喝,

不能困了才睡,

不能累了才歇,

不能病了才检查,

不能老了再后悔

Monday, December 14, 2009

For a laugh or two

Did I read that sign right?
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

In a Laundromat:

AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

In a London department store:

BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

In an office:

WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

In an office:

AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

Outside a secondhand shop:

WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Notice in health food shop window:

CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

Spotted in a safari park:(I sure hope so)

ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

Seen during a conference:

FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

Notice in a farmer's field:

THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.

Message on a leaflet:

IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS

On a repair shop door:

WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)



Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle). We all need a good laugh.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Idiot of the Year Applicants in AUSTRALIA

Number One Idiot, so far in 2009

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the
poison control centre.
Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little
daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not
harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the
hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to
mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to
kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the
emergency room right away..


Number Two Idiot so far in 2009


Early this year, some Boeing employees at Amberley decided to steal
a life raft from one of the C 17's. They were successful in getting it out
of the plane and home.
Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a
Westpac Rescue Helicopter coming towards them.
It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator
beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer
employed at Boeing.


Number Three Idiot so far in 2009


A man, wanting to rob a Bank of Queensland , walked into the Branch and
wrote 'Put all your muny in this bag.'
While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began!
to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call t he
police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank and
crossed the street to the NAB Bank. After waiting a few minutes in
line, he handed his note to the teller. She read it and, surmising from
his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbour,
told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was
written on a Bank of Queensland deposit slip and that he would either
have to fill out a NAB deposit slip or go back to Bank of Queensland .
Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, 'OK' and left.
He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at
the Bank of Queensland. Happened in Noosa!


Number Four Idiot so far in 2009


A guy w! alked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all
of the cash from the cash drawer.
After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of
Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the
cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said,
'Because I don't believe you are over 21.' The robber said he was, but
the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe
him. At this point, the robber took his driver's licence out of his
wallet and gave it to the clerk.
The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and
she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with
his loot.
The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of
the robber that she got off the licence. They arrested the robber two
hours later.


Number Five Idiot so far in 2009

A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The
first one shouted, 'Nobody move!' When his partner moved, the startled
first bandit shot him..


Number Six Idiot so far in 2009

Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just
throw a brick through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.
So he lifted the brick and heaved it over his head at the window. The
brick bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store
window was made of Flexi-Glass... The whole event was caught on
videotape.. Perth W! A .


IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE:

My daughter went to a local McDonalds and ordered a burger..
She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.' He said
he was sorry, but they only had iceberg..
Happened in Surfers Paradise !!!


IDIOT SIGHTING:

I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee
asked, ''Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your
knowledge? To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how
would I know?' He smiled knowingly and! nodded, 'That's why we ask.'
Happened in Melbourne .


JUST AN IDIOT :

When my husband and I arrived at a car dealers to pick up our car, we
were told the keys had been locked in it.
We went to the service department and found a mechanic working
feverishly to unlock the driver's side door.
As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door
handle and discovered that it was unlocked.
'Hey,' I announced to the technician, 'its open!'
His reply, 'I know - I already done that side.'
This was at the FORD dealership Dubbo.